Newmarket doctor charged with sex assault free on $100K bail

BRENTWOOD — A Newmarket doctor charged with seven counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault was released on Friday evening after posting a $100,000 bail.

Dr. Hugh MacDonald, 57, of Great Bay Family Practice in Newmarket, was arrested on Friday afternoon at his office following a month-long investigation by the Newmarket Police Department, with the assistance from the Child Advocacy Center in Portsmouth, the Rockingham County Attorney’s office and the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office.

MacDonald, a Newfields resident, practices family medicine, according to Great Bay Family Practice’s website. The practice is associated with Wentworth-Douglass Hospital and his physician’s profile, as of Monday mid-afternoon, was still on the hospital’s website.

"The safety and security of our patients remains our top priority. We received some very unfortunate news (on Friday). We are cooperating fully with the police,” a hospital spokesperson said. “Dr. MacDonald will not be performing services at the hospital or Wentworth Health Partners pending further developments.”

MacDonald is due in Rockingham Superior Court on Friday.

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